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Date: October 8th, 2008

Serenity NOW!

8 October, 2008 (19:05) | Conference stories, Video | 1 comment

The conference organizers built some free time into the program to let everyone catch their breath and decompress a little. I went hiking and geocaching along the ocean trail and took a bunch of pictures.
Enjoy the Pacific ocean for a minute
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Uh, Oh

8 October, 2008 (09:20) | Politics, Silly | 2 comments

When I was in Dulles airport the other day, I noticed a few of the airport stores had full-size cutouts of Obama, McCain and Palin outside their stores. No Biden. Either he was being stiffed for some reason, or there’s someone out there with a Biden fetish, stealing the figures.
That thought [...]

Choosing Physics: Why and When?

8 October, 2008 (08:35) | Education, Physics | 2 comments

I’ve gotten a few questions from my adopters on when I decided to study physics. I had actually made that call in high school, so I went into college already having declared my major. I didn’t really know what a physicist did, but the subject was more interesting to me than the other [...]

Gathering Data

8 October, 2008 (08:17) | Conference stories | No comments

You go to the conference banquet and empirically discover that an empty wine bottle will be replaced with a full one. This has both a good and bad implications.

 

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